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of the Board of Agriculture. Courses in Horticulture 

 consist of lectures and laboratory work in tlie college 

 and of practical work in the college garden and fruit 

 station. 



The college garden, four acres in extent, adjoins the 

 main college buildings in London Road, Reading. It 

 consists of vegetable and flower gardens and orchard, 

 and is provided with horticultural buildings. The houses, 

 greenhouses, vineries (early and late), peach house, etc.-, 

 are used for plant and fern growing, general florist work, 

 market work, and the culture of grapes, pot fruit trees, 

 etc. Students spend upwards of twenty hours per week 

 in the garden, and, in addition, pay frequent visits to 

 neighbouring private gardens, as well as to Messrs. Sutton 

 and Sons' Trial Grounds, the exhibitions of the Royal 

 Horticultural Society, and the Royal Gardens, Kew. 



Besides instruction and practice in the routine opera- 

 tions of the garden, students are placed in charge of sections 

 of both indoor and outdoor work. In their second year they 

 may specialise in market and florists' work, or in fruit 

 growing, in preparation for work at home or in the Colonies. 

 In all cases they pay special attention to the business side 

 of horticulture and assist in the work of marketing and 

 book-keeping. 



During their two sessions' course, students may take 

 advantage of the workshop, and of the instruction in 

 carpentry, etc., provided, to learn how to make up boxes, 

 staging, and how to repair, glaze, and paint. 



In addition to preparing for the college diploma or 

 certificate, students may also prepare for the examinations 



